Scott Yeoman18:29, Jul 12 2021
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Harry Clements Matchitt appeared in Tauranga High Court, charged with the murder of Brian Albert Hilton.
The jury has retired to consider their verdict in the trial of Harry Matchitt, the man accused of violently assaulting 77-year-old Brian Hilton five years ago in Ōpōtiki. Hilton was found lying on the floor of his home on the morning of July 8, 2016, with facial injuries. He was taken to Tauranga Hospital, where he later died on July 13. Police originally thought Hilton died after a fall at home but later received new information and reopened the investigation into his death.
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Murder trial starts for Ōpōtiki cold case killing of Brian Hilton Mon, 5 Jul 2021, 2:38PM
Harry Clements Matchitt is on trial for murder in the High Court at Tauranga. Photo / George Novak
Murder trial starts for Ōpōtiki cold case killing of Brian Hilton Mon, 5 Jul 2021, 2:38PM I probably went there and pushed him over or kicked him . I m not going to lie.
Those were the words Harry Clements Matchitt told police in an interview two years after Brian Albert Hilton, 77, died after a brutal assault in his Ōpōtiki home.
Matchitt, 52, is on trial in the High Court at Tauranga for murdering Hilton on July 7, 2016. The Crown says Hilton died after he was punched, stomped and kicked in the attack.